“Good Tourism” Insight Bites

A “GT” Insight Bites post is a col­lec­tion of short writ­ten responses to an identic­al set of pro­pos­i­tions and/or ques­tions that The “Good Tour­ism” Blog puts to a diverse range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers. “GT” pub­lishes all the replies after only very light copy-edit­ing, ensur­ing that the respond­ents’ con­sidered thoughts on the mat­ter are faith­fully represented.

Can tourism in ‘the Global South’ ever be truly sustainable? UCB students have a say

May 12, 2026

Can tourism in ‘the Global South’ ever be truly sustainable? UCB students have their say

“Can tour­ism in devel­op­ing coun­tries ever be truly ‘sus­tain­able’ when it deep­ens inequality? 

Using one des­tin­a­tion in the Glob­al South, argue wheth­er tour­ism there genu­inely advances SDGs 8, 10 and 12

Uni­ver­sity Col­lege Birm­ing­ham Seni­or Lec­turer Simon Faulkner posed that as a chal­lenge to his stu­dents. Three rose to it.

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Changing places: Responsibility, nostalgia, and the right to complain | BiteX: War

March 23, 2026

Changing places: Nostalgia, responsibility, and the right to complain. A Gemini-generated image for a "Good Tourism" Bites compilation. "GT" added the word "bites".

Who has the ‘social licence’ to claim a place has changed for the worse? Does it mat­ter if that change is driv­en by tour­ist visas, employ­ment visas, or migration? 

Is ‘nos­tal­gia’ a val­id stake­hold­er in a destination’s future? And does travel & tour­ism have a respons­ib­il­ity to val­id­ate these feel­ings, or is change the price of ‘pro­gress’?

Thanks to the six respond­ents for their con­sidered thoughts. Their responses are lis­ted in the order I received them. For BiteX: war. 

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“GT” Insight Bites: Is a tourism career a ticket or a trap?

February 23, 2026
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Travel & tourism career: Ticket or trap? A Gemini-generated image.

Is a career in travel & tour­ism a tick­et to the world or a trap? What is your hon­est advice to a young per­son enter­ing the industry?

That’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites question. 

Thanks to the four respond­ents writ­ing in from Canada and South­east Asia for their con­sidered thoughts. And thanks to Dav­id Beir­man from Aus­tralia for his “GT” Insight BiteX on academia’s rela­tion­ship with sustainability.

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“GT” Insight Bites: What’s AI doing for you?

February 9, 2026

In what way is artificial intelligence (AI) changing the way you work, hire, learn, or teach? A Gemini-generated image

In what way is arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) chan­ging the way you work, hire, learn, or teach?

With per­spect­ives from seni­or people in travel & tourism’s busi­ness, aca­dem­ic, act­iv­ist, air­line, and NGO worlds — and even from Iran — there is more depth in this com­pil­a­tion of “GT” Insight Bites than you might ini­tially pre­sume; des­pite AI being “the hot­test (and maybe the most bor­ing) sub­ject of the moment”, as one respond­ent described it.

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What’s the point of UN Tourism?

January 20, 2026

What's the point of UN Tourism?

What’s the point of UN Tourism?

Thanks to the four good people who respon­ded to this “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites question.

* Geof­frey Lip­man, Cre­at­ive Dis­rup­tion Archi­tect, Malta
* Dav­id Beir­man, Adjunct Fel­low, Australia
* Richard Shep­ard, Trustee/CEO, England
* Richard But­ler, Emer­it­us Pro­fess­or, Scotland

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Tourism’s biggest threats, opportunities: five years to 2030

December 1, 2025

Tourism’s biggest threats, opportunities: five years to 2030. A Gemini-generated image. "GT" added the words.

What is tourism’s biggest oppor­tun­ity and/or threat, either in your spe­cif­ic loc­a­tion or glob­ally, over the next five years (2026 – 2030)?

Thanks to the 17 good people who respon­ded to this “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites question.

Find with­in, for your con­sid­er­a­tion and enjoy­ment, place-based per­spect­ives from Eng­land to Iran, Bar­celona to Bend; mul­tiple glob­al issues from cost-cut­ting arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence to out-of-whack aca­demia; women’s empower­ment to ocean plastic.

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